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A [Leader] is always wrong who speaks in anger.

 		 "The Top 10 EQ Leadership Tips 
from Napoleon Bonaparte,"
by Susan Dunn, MA, The EQ Coach™

 Susan Dunn, 
MA Clinical Psychology,
the EQ Coach
Finally defeated by the Russian winter, Napoleon's job was to motivate men to fight, and possibly die, under the worst
of conditions. Did emotions belong on the battlefield? Do they belong in the workplace.

"It is as necessary for the heart to feel as for the body to be fed," Napoleon said, and he went right for it.
 
Motivation, 
they say, 
is not a
thinking 
word.
 If we change the word "prince" to "leader" and change "nation" to
"business," in his writings, we have the prescription for Primal Leadership.

1. Nothing goes well in a [business] system in which words are in
contradiction to facts.

2. The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
A [Leader] is 
always wrong who
speaks in anger.
3. A [Leader] is always wrong who speaks in anger.

4. None but indolent [Leaders] grow fat in their palaces.

5. Respect the people you deliver.

6. The best policy is simplicity and truth.

7. A [Leader] must speak to the eyes.It does well with the people.

8. In [business], there is a wide difference between promises and
performance.

9. To conduct [business] both internally and to the public, deep thought, profound analysis, and the faculty of unwearied attention are necessary.

10. You cannot treat with all the world at once.

Calls to the emotional intelligence competencies of authenticity, focus,
intentionality, good communication, respect and participation, self and
other management, these are things to keep in mind when you address the troops. You do address the troops, don't you? If so, when was the last time you challenged them to a higher calling? BEFORE the Battle of the Pyramids, July 2, 1797, Napoleon addressed his army with these words, "Soldiers, forty centuries are looking down upon you from these pyramids..."

Motivation, they say, is not a thinking word.

 
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